X:1
T:Morpeth's March
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
N:The front page of the publication indicates the volume was compiled by Elias Howe
N:and arrenged by "Messers. A.P. Knight and H. Seipp, of the Boston Brigade Band".
B:Elias Howe - "First Part of the Musician's Companion" (Boston, 1844, p. 12).
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
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The Boston Brigade BandMORPETH'S MARCH. English (?), American; March (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was an early publication of Boston music publisher Biography:Elias Howe, who included it in his 1844 volume First Part of the Musician's Companion. The front page of the publication indicates the volume was compiled by Howe and arranged by "Messers. A.P. Knight and H. Seipp, of the Boston Brigade Band". The Boston Brigade Band [1] was one of the premier brass bands in the city at the time, and Howe's volume included arrangements of “new and popular pieces” for brass bands in six and eight parts. Messers. Abel F. Knight and J.H. Seipp were successive leaders of the band, from 1836–1844 and 1844–1848, respectively.
Fr. John Quinn compares "Morpeth's March" with "Rochelle (La)," printed by James Aird in 1785. The second strains of the both tunes are nearly identical, and melodic material from the first strains are shared in the the first two measures with the following measures in the strain similar in character (although differing in melody). It would seem that "Morpeth's March" is a derivative of the march printed by Aird.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Elias Howe (First Part of the Musician's Companion), 1844; p. 12.
